Timika is the largest city in Central Papua province in Papua, with 142,000 residents in 2020. It has become a gateway to one of the largest gold mines on the planet, the Grasberg mine.

Understand

Grasberg, one of the largest gold mines

Get in

• 1 Mozes Kilangin Airport (TIM  ^IATA). Airfast Indonesia from Makassar, Denpasar, Sentani, Manado; Garuda Indonesia from Denpasar, Sentani, Makassar, Nabire; Susi Air from Alama, Beoga, Jila, Jita, Mapanduma, Paro, Tsinga, Wangbe; Sriwijaya Air from Jayapura, Makassar, Sorong. (updated Jun 2019)

Get around

By ride-hailing app

There is an online ride-hailing app, Mi-jek (Mimika ojek online).

See

Great Timika Mosque

• 1 Three Kings Cathedral. (updated Jun 2019)
• 2 Grand Mosque of Timika (Masjid Raya Babussalam Timika), Kwamki. (updated Sep 2022)
• 3 Grasberg. Owned by PT Freeport Indonesia. It is one of the largest gold mines on earth. (updated Sep 2022)
• 4 Kuala Kencana. The first city in Indonesia to use underground utilities for power lines, and communications, as well as distribution of clean water and centralized sewage treatment. (updated Sep 2022)
• 5 Keakwa Beach (Pantai Keakwa). (updated Sep 2022)
• 6 Kyura River (Kali Kyura). (updated Sep 2022)
• 7 Timuka Beach (Pantai Timuka), Atuka. (updated Sep 2022)
• Traditional villages around Tembagapura, through Mulu Airport, one of the most remote and highest airports in Indonesia.

Do

Mangrove trekking

• 1 Ekowisata Mangrove Poumako, Pomako, East Mimika. (updated Sep 2022)

Buy

• 1 Pasar Gorong-Gorong, Jl. Port Site, Koperapoka. Buy fresh seafood such as Timika crab (kepiting karaka), eeltail catfish, shrimp, and so on. (updated Sep 2022)

Eat

Try traditional local cuisine sagu tindis/amamaihi made by the Kamoro tribe. Also, the Timika crab, karaka is served in local seafood restaurants.

• 1 Resto Jangkar, Nawaripi, Mimika Baru, ☏ +62 812 942 78118. 10:00-22:00. A seafood restaurant. (updated Sep 2022)

Drink

Coffee shops

• 1 Rumah Kopi Amungme Gold, Kwamki, Mimika Baru. Try kopi Amungme, an organic coffee grown by Amungme tribe in Nemangkawi Mountains. (updated Sep 2022)

Sleep

• 1 Horison Ultima Timika, Jl. Hasanuddin No. 9, Nawaripi, ☏ +62 901 3264888, timika9.hultima@gmail.com. A 4-star hotel. From Rp659,728. (updated Sep 2022)
• 2 Ossa De Villa, Nawaripi. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 12:00. Hotel with a swimming pool. Free Wi-Fi, free parking, and free breakfast. From Rp1,017,903. (updated Sep 2022)

Connect

The telephone area code of Timika is 0901.

Go next

North

• Fly to Sugapa, Intan Jaya Regency or Ilaga, Puncak Regency to reach the peak of one of the World Seven Summits, Puncak Jaya.

Southeast

• Asmat
• Merauke